561 search results for “making plant” in the Student website
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production
Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council's KIC research programme.
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Ancient humans were making fire 350.000 years earlier than previously thought
Buried beneath a Suffolk forest, archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known human-made fire. A fire that was sparked 400,000 years ago. This stunning UK discovery rewrites our evolutionary story, pushing fire-making back by more than 350,000 years. Baked earth, heat-scarred tools and the world’s…
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Remko OffringaFaculty of Science
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Jelmer van LieshoutFaculty of Science
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Lejon KralemannFaculty of Science
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ASCL Seminar: Plotting human-plant futures in Uganda
Lecture
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LUF grant for Urban Studies aims to make The Hague safer and greener
Starting this semester, Urban Studies students will be able to work on the urban development of the municipality of The Hague. A LUF incentive grant will enable them to put their knowledge into practice even more effectively. At the same time, a study will be started on the optimal use of urban spac…
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Niek StrohmaierFaculty of Law
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Melanie FinkFaculty of Law
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Exhibition Aquatic and riparian plants from Flora Batava
Exhibition
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Supergenes make bizarre traits possible
Within the same species of butterfly many different wing patterns can occur. How is this possible? According to researchers Ben Wielstra and Emma Berdan, of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), the answer lies within supergenes. A supergene is a part of a chromosome that contains many strongly linked…
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Geert-Jan WillSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Lotte van DillenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Alette JansenFaculty of Law
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Femke Bakker
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Zoe ZengFaculty of Science
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Paco Barona GomezFaculty of Science
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Yuankun YangFaculty of Science
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Jacqueline JurjensFaculty of Science
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Rinny KooiFaculty of Science
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Marijke Libbenga-NijkampFaculty of Science
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Ton van BrusselFaculty of Science
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Jos RaaijmakersFaculty of Science
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Thijs BiermanFaculty of Science
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Tong Zhao
Faculty of Science
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Berna GürogluSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Zsuzsika SjoerdsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ellen van ReulerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…
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Three Leiden papers in top 10 most cited of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
At the start of the year a lot of journals publish lists of their most cited papers of the previous year. Three papers published by Leiden archaeologists were ranked in the top 10 of the Journal of Archaeological Science: reports.
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Students work on bacterium that makes sustainable plastic
A group of biology students are working on a solution to the world’s plastics problem by getting bacteria to make biodegradable plastic.
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Michiel DamICLON
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Bob Schepers
Faculty of Science
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Narcy Pereira Zaldívar
Faculty of Science
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Ozlem Erol
Faculty of Science
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Johan MemelinkFaculty of Science
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Suzanne LommenFaculty of Science
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Sofia Stiegert
Faculty of Science
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Lycka KamoenFaculty of Science
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Kasper van der Cruijsen
Faculty of Science
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Higher CO2 levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritious Food crops
More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more calorific, less nutritious and potentially more toxic.
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Helen PluutFaculty of Law
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science
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Giving makes you happy
Receiving a gift is nice, but giving a present also makes you happy. Development psychologist Mara van der Meulen former member of the Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID) answered four questions about giving gifts.
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Working in a living museum
Roderick Bouman is collection manager of the Leiden Hortus botanicus. He keeps track of which plants there are in the garden, where they come from and makes sure visitors can find the right information about them. ‘We are like a regular museum,’ says Bouman. ‘Except that our objects are alive. That…
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Thomas BäckFaculty of Science
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Botanical drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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What Darwin couldn’t see: Expedition to uncover invisible life in Galápagos
An international research team is to search for invisible life in the Galápagos Islands. The diversity of bacteria and other microscopic organisms may not be evident to the naked eye, but it is essential to nature. To the islands' giant daisies, for instance: unique endemic plants that are currently…
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Eva PutriFaculty of Science